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What, you might well ask, is the Giggler Treatment? Better yet, what precisely is a Giggler? You won't find out until chapter 6 of Roddy Doyle's The Giggler Treatment, but for those of you who can't wait, here's the answer: Gigglers are "baby-sized and furry. Their fur changes color as they move." Their main occupation in life is to look after children and to punish adults who are mean or unfair to them. And the Treatment? Four words: "Poo on the shoe."
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The Gigglers have always been there. Since the first dog did its first poo. Since the first caveman grunted at his first cavechild. He stomped out of the cave, straight onto a huge lump of prehistoric poo.In his first children's book, Roddy Doyle, prize-winning author of such adult fare as Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Barrytown Trilogy, and A Star Called Henry, gives free literary rein to his inner child. The result may surprise his older readers, but is guaranteed to please the Captain Underpants set with its frequent good-humored references to poo, rudies, bums, and other body parts and functions. Doyle bases his tale on a dreadful misunderstanding: Mr. Mack, a biscuit tester in a biscuit factory sends his sons to their rooms without supper for breaking a window. This piece of unfairness naturally warrants the Treatment, and so the Gigglers immediately rush next door to collect a walloping great lump of poo from a neighboring Irish wolfhound. Unfortunately, they aren't present when Mr. Mack repents. When the children later find out their father is headed into deep doo-doo, it becomes a race against time to save him from poo on the shoe.
Doyle takes this slightest of plots and piles on plenty of whimsy, from a talking dog to a race across Dublin via the Nile River and the Eiffel Tower. Chapter titles have names like "Chapter Something," "Another Chapter," and "The Chapter After the Last One"; there are frequent digressions into topics such as mountain climbing and the love life of Irish wolfhounds; the illustrations are fun; and there's an amusing glossary at the end that translates some of the Britishisms ("Plaster--Band Aid. Very useful if you are bleeding to death"). This good-natured romp through a comedic territory beloved by children (and more than a few grownups) will surely win the author whole new legions of fans. Indeed, it's highly unlikely that Mr. Doyle will ever have to worry about falling victim to the Giggler Treatment himself. (Ages 9 and older) --Petra Williams
RODDY DOYLE won the Booker Prize in 1993 for his adult novel, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Once a Geography and English teacher in North Dublin, Roddy Doyle has written four novels for children. This is his first picture book.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Riotously funny" - The Times"Brilliant" Irish IndependentGloriously silly comedy for children from Booker prizewinner and bestselling Irish author, Roddy Doyle.If adults are mean to children, they get the Giggler Treatment.It's smelly. It's squishy. And it sticks to your shoe.But sometimes, just sometimes, the Gigglers make a mistake.Can Robbie, Kayla, Jimmy and Rover the dog come to Mr Mack's rescuebefore the poo hits the shoe?Look out for more cheeky runaway comedies starring the Mack familyand Rover the wonder-dog: Rover Saves Christmas, andThe Meanwhile Adventures.with very funny line illustrations throught MORE PRAISE FOR THE GIGGLER TREATMENT"Packed full of bizarre humour" - The Bookseller"Roddy Doyle is a genius!" - J. K. Rowling Gloriously silly comedy from Booker prize winner and bestseller RoddyDoyle.If adults are mean to children, they get the Giggler Treatment. It'ssmelly. It's squishy. And it sticks to your shoe. But sometimes,just sometimes, the Gigglers make a mistake.Can anyone come to Mr Mack's rescue before the poo hits the shoe? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781407139722
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Booker Prize winning author Roddy Doyle is rude, silly and infectiously funny in this book for children. The Gigglers are magical pranksters who exact appropriate revenge on adults who have been mean to children. Seller Inventory # DADAX140713972X
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Gloriously silly comedy from Booker prize winner and bestseller Roddy Doyle. If adults are mean to children, they get the Giggler Treatment. It's smelly. It's squishy. And it sticks to your shoe. But sometimes, just sometimes, the Gigglers make a mistake. Seller Inventory # B9781407139722
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Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Mister Mack ist auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, als er geradewegs auf einen gigantischen Hundehaufen zusteuert, der mitten auf dem Bürgersteig liegt. Ein Zufall Keineswegs, die Sache ist geplant. Von wem Von den Gigglern, kleinen elfenartigen Wesen, sie es sich seit die Welt besteht zur Aufgabe gemacht haben, Erwachsene, die gemein zu Kindern waren, auf diese Weise zu bestrafen. Das große Giggler-Geheimnis, so nennen sie diese Form der Strafe. Und nun wartet es auf Mister Mack. Doch warum Am Abend zuvor haben die Giggler beobachtet, wie er seine beiden Söhne Jimmy und Robbie ohne Abendessen ins Bett schickte, weil sie beim Fußballspielen eine Fensterscheibe kaputt gemacht hatten. Begeistert, ein neues Opfer gefunden zu haben, blieben sie nicht länger im Mack'schen Garten und erfuhren so nicht, dass sich Mister Mack von seiner Frau umstimmen ließ, die Jungs doch noch zum Abendbrottisch zu holen. Als die Giggler am nächsten Morgen durch Zufall doch noch erfahren, dass sie gerade dabe i sind, einen Unschuldigen zu bestrafen, ist Mister Macks Schuhsole nur noch Zentimeter vom größten, stinkigsten Hundhaufen entfernt, den die Giggler jemals verwendet haben. Eine haarsträubende Rettungsaktion beginnt, bei der nicht nur die Giggler, sondern auch die drei Mack'schen Kinder Jimmy, Robbie und das Baby Kayla, Misses Mack und der Hund Rover eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Das Besondere an 'Das große Giggler-Geheimnis' ist nicht allein die Idee, sondern auch die Art und Weise, wie die Geschichte erzählt wird. Dramaturgisch perfekt treiben zahlreiche Ablenkungen und Nebenhandlungen die Spannung ins geradezu Unerträgliche. Komik und Wortwitz wechseln sich mit Spannung und Action ab, sodass hin und wieder auch für den Leser eine Verschnaufpause gestattet ist. Seller Inventory # 9781407139722
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